Fallout/bomb shelter

[vonn]

Used to be a lot of buildings marked as such. Do they still exist? Went into the Army early in 1966 not that long after the Cuban missile crisis and knew quite a few people that had a home shelter,does anyone still have one? With the present talk of nuclear war possibilities just thinking out what I might need if one of the looneys pushes the button. Not talking politics here just thinking. If they all go stupid it probably won't matter what you do anyway.

 

[bigwheelzip]

It seems the fallout shelter signs that used to be prevalent in public buildings disappeared in the 80's.

Not everywhere though.

Bunkers for all

If they all go stupid it probably won't matter what you do anyway.

Yeah, your right. It would be good to know if any functional shelters exist nearby in case the nut with a small number of nukes uses them, and some get through. But since the government stopped supporting them, if they exist at all, they would have limited functionality.

Whatever happened to fallout shelters?

 

[Arik]

There's a cool German bar I visit sometimes. It was built as a bar and an INN in the late 1600s and is still basically that although the INN part has been turned into apartments. Next door is a Mason temple that was built in the early 1900s. On the side of the temple there is still an old faded sign that reads "fallout shelter"

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[Scorpion520AZ]

I was born into the Cold War and vividly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis.
So many young adults today have a,
"That'll NEVER happen" attitude. It's as if they're totally ignorant to the brutal lessons learned from world history.

 

[NYlakesider]

I have worked in a bunch of government owned buildings in the tri city are of upstate NY and the signs are gone in most buildings.

The rooms for the most part are still there but being used as storage.

 

[vmumford]

When it comes to Nuc's, dem dar bomb shelters wont do you any good. It the fall out that will get you so I think if it comes this way, I want to be at ground zero.

 

[BB57]

I agree. For the most part, fall out shelters may have made sense early on when a nuclear war may have meant a few cities got hit, and the resulting fallout was survivable - especially for those living upwind of the blasts both here and in the Soviet Union.

But by the time MAD got rolling, those public bunkers with no air filtration, etc, would have just prolonged the inevitable end by providing a slightly slower form of radiation poisoning.

 

[arjay]

I haven't seen those signs in years.The first floor of my parents house was built with the possibility of war in mind.The walkout basement is all concrete and masonry.The bedroom at the back in the hillside also has 10" thick concrete partition walls.Pop was a Swiss who emigrated to the U.S. a few years after WWII.He also kept a 30/06 in his closet.The Swiss have a mindset that is prepared for war

 

[loknload]

That was all part of the old 50's Civil Defense program that was disbanded many years ago.
A lot of public buildings with large basements were set up for these shelters.
I have some of the old original signs out in my garage along with one of the old water storage containers.
If you look on Ebay you can find a lot of this stuff there as well as the original Geiger counters and dosimeters.
In the fire department we were given the Geiger counters and dosimeters via the state CD. You could at one time get all kinds of CD stuff through your state.

 

[chaparrito]

In the late 50s or maybe 60 or so a friend's dad bought a pre-built fallout shelter and had it installed in their backyard. Had this cool looking metal hatch and ladder and some sort of air filter stack thing that stuck up above ground. We used to hang out in it. It took about 10 years for it to rust through from the lawn irrigation water.

 

[Scorpion520AZ]

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[LostintheOzone]

Read up on the E bomb. Electromagnetic pulse will cripple the US and a fall out shelter won't save you.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you'll probably just starve to death.

This forum will cease to be a source of valuable lifesaving information.

That is all.

 

[Roundtuit]

The saltine crackers in the old shelters are gonna be a mite stale.

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[rwsmith]

Yeah, at least I know private ones...

I worked in a government building up until I retired in 2002. The bottom floor was a bomb shelter. The old Sears building in Charleston that was torn down was a bomb shelter.

I know a guy that moved into an old house from the 50's and there was a shelter, built into the house made from THICK concrete/rebar with a very solid door, just like the one on the 'Twilight Zone'. He converted it into a home arsenal.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

It just so happens that I found this book at Barns & Noble on close out for $8.98 "Nuclear War Survival Skills" by Cresson H. Kearny. This has field tested plans for shelters, lists of exposure survival rates, EMP defense for your home. He also corrects the huge number of myths about surviving a nuclear blast and fall-out (many repeated here as fact!)

If nobody tries to survive, I'm sure almost nobody will! However if you give yourself a 50/50 chance or better, you probably will make it! It will be easy to be dead so if you're the lazy type, go for dead! If you want your kids or grand kids to not be dead, expend a small amount of effort and do some simple preparations!

Of course stock up on very reliable Smith & Wesson revolvers! They proved themselves to be Y2K proof, so they should be good to go in the Fall Out Age!

Ivan

 

[rwsmith]

You mean like this?

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I had a Lionel Train and one of the cars had a couple of containers where the symbol was clear plastic and a red light showed through the Fallout symbol. That was cool as all get out because everybody knew that we were going to be seeing these things all over the place soon.

 

[LostintheOzone]

If nobody tries to survive, I'm sure almost nobody will! However if you give yourself a 50/50 chance or better, you probably will make it! It will be easy to be dead so if you're the lazy type, go for dead! If you want your kids or grand kids to not be dead, expend a small amount of effort and do some simple preparations!

That right there will probably be the biggest challenge.

Too many people trying to survive.

Revolvers are an excellent idea. Think I'll run out and buy some more bottled water and a few more revolvers.

 

[phantomcycle]

I have a old 50-60 style family bomb shelter bury under ground in my back lot I still use it for tornadoes I keep it stocked with 7 days food and water its hooked up to my standby generator
The old bomb door was replaced many years ago with a house type steel door
When I first bought this property I used it as my man cave but after my divorce now my whole house is a man cave [emoji16]
I'm sure if we every get nuked this shelter would be useless but in a way its conforming to know I have one [emoji32]

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[peyton]

I agree the actual damage will be limited to major cities, oh Military City USA (San Antonio) will be certainly hit and we live only 20 miles away. So unless the bad guys miss our house is in the bulls eye!

 

[oneounceload]

I was born into the Cold War and vividly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis.
So many young adults today have a,
"That'll NEVER happen" attitude. It's as if they're totally ignorant to the brutal lessons learned from world history.

Because they aren't TAUGHT it in school anymore.

If anyone is concerned, you can buy old hardened nuke missile silos. Some have been converted into "condos" for upper class clientele; others are being bought by families fearing the end.